Judging Judges: The Cutting of the Concubine
I was just asked how one should deal with the story of the Levite cutting up his gang-raped concubine in Judges 19. Here…
I was just asked how one should deal with the story of the Levite cutting up his gang-raped concubine in Judges 19. Here…
I often hear complaints (and have offered my own) about movies not being like the book and just how much better the book…
I was asked some time ago now if I considered myself a “theologian” or a “Bible scholar”. This was in a context (seminary)…
I recently bought the blue-ray edition of Ben-Hur (1959) and we had a family movie night last night enjoying it. One thing, however,…
Yes, you read that correctly. I am getting a tattoo. And, yes, I am still a pastor and Bible college faculty member. And…
Last week in class we discussed 1 Corinthians 14.33-35. Talk about a controversial text. How does one properly interpret such a passage? I…
In Sunday School this week we covered the account of Noah in Genesis 6-9. And I was struck once again by the contrast…
Today was a tear-filled day as I announced my resignation to Karlstad Assembly of God effective the end of July. I have been…
I was struck by a re-reading of Exodus recently as I meditated on just what the overarching theology of Exodus might be. The…
“Literature is important for ethics because literature is as complicated as life itself, and cannot be decoded or boiled down. Ethical insight comes…